Joe Barnett

The Main Story

I am making everything new.      —Revelation 21:5 Non-fiction books often begin with a prologue and end with an epilogue. A prologue is an opening section that introduces the main story, usually giving backstory information about the primary characters that connects them to the main story. You’re living a non-fiction life, with its ups-and-downs,

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Smile

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.        —Romans 15:13 For centuries art critics have debated whether or not Leonardo DaVinci’s Mona Lisa is smiling. Playwright Sir Noel Coward said, “she looks as if she has been sick, or is about to be.”

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Anon

Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought.      —Romans 12:3 Essayist JaneYolen wrote: “The best writers are the ones who really, in their heart of hearts, aspire to the byline Anon [Anonymous]. The story told is important, not the storyteller.” The late Dr. Norvel Young, past president of Pepperdine University, often

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Warnings

If you reject God’s teaching, you will pay the price.   —Proverbs 13:13 A West Virginia state trooper pulled a woman over for going fifteen miles over the speed limit. After he wrote her a ticket, she asked, “Don’t you give out warnings?” “Yes ma’am,” he said; “they’re all up and down the road. They

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